2015–16 Sevilla FC season
# 2015–16 Sevilla FC season

The 2015–16 season was the 109th season in Sevilla Fútbol Club's history, and 15th consecutive season in La Liga. The team competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League, winning the latter competition for a record third consecutive year. Sevilla did not win any away matches in La Liga.

## Players

### Squad information

    As of 16 January 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Benoît Trémoulinas |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Adil Rami |
| 4 | MF | POL | Grzegorz Krychowiak |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Timothée Kolodziejczak |
| 6 | DF | POR | Daniel Carriço |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Michael Krohn-Dehli |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Vicente Iborra |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Kevin Gameiro |
| 10 | MF | ESP | José Antonio Reyes (captain) |
| 13 | GK | POR | Beto |
| 14 | MF | URU | Sebastián Cristóforo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Steven Nzonzi |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Luismi |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Marco Andreolli (on loan from Internazionale) |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Sergio Escudero |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Éver Banega |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Vitolo |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Pareja |
| 22 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Konoplyanka |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Coke (vice-captain) |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Fernando Llorente |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Mariano |
| 31 | GK | ESP | David Soria |

### Goals scored (per player)

    As of 18 May 2016

| Rank | Player | UCL | UEL | USC | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gameiro | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 29 |
| 2 | Banega | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Iborra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Konoplyanka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Llorente | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Coke | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Vitolo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Immobile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Krohn-Dehli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Nzonzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Reyes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Rami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Juan Muñoz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Carriço | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Escudero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | González | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Kakuta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Kolodziejczak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Krychowiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Mariano | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Trémoulinas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| UEFA Super Cup | Final | Runners-up | 11 August 2015 | 11 August 2015 |
| La Liga | Matchday 1 | 7th | 21 August 2015 | 8 May 2016 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Group stage | 15 September 2015 | 8 December 2015 |
| Copa del Rey | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 2 December 2015 | 22 May 2016 |
| UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 | Winners | 18 February 2016 | 18 May 2016 |

Updated to match played 22 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 036.84 |
| UEFA Champions League | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 033.33 |
| Copa del Rey | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 077.78 |
| UEFA Europa League | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 066.67 |
| Total | 62 | 29 | 13 | 20 | 98 | 73 | +25 | 046.77 |

Last updated: 22 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### La Liga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Sevilla | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 8 | Málaga | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 48 | |
| 9 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 48 | |

* ↑ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
* ↑ Sevilla qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa League third qualifying round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
* 1 2 Málaga finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head record; Málaga 3–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Málaga.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 14 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 13 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss

### Copa del Rey

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 24 | +20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 |

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Champions League

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MC | JUV | SEV | MGB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 5 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | — |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 18 May 2016

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico | 45 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | POR | Beto | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ESP | David Soria | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Benoît Trémoulinas | 37 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Adil Rami | 46 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Timothée Kolodziejczak | 50 | 1 | 26+3 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Daniel Carriço | 25 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Marco Andreolli | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Sergio Escudero | 28 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Pareja | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Coke | 42 | 5 | 20+1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Mariano | 37 | 1 | 18+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | David Carmona | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | José Matos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Diego González | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | POL | Grzegorz Krychowiak | 42 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Michael Krohn-Dehli | 47 | 4 | 16+11 | 1 | 5+1 | 3 | 2+4 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Vicente Iborra | 47 | 8 | 21+8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | José Antonio Reyes | 34 | 4 | 14+10 | 1 | 4+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | URU | Sebastián Cristóforo | 33 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Steven Nzonzi | 46 | 3 | 22+6 | 3 | 5+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Luismi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Éver Banega | 45 | 8 | 20+5 | 5 | 5+1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Vitolo | 47 | 4 | 23+5 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Konoplyanka | 52 | 7 | 15+17 | 4 | 3+4 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Antonio Cotán | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ESP | Curro | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | FRA | Kevin Gameiro | 52 | 29 | 22+9 | 16 | 4+2 | 3 | 4+1 | 1 | 7+2 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Juan Muñoz | 10 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Fernando Llorente | 36 | 7 | 14+9 | 4 | 1+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Carlos Fernández | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | DF | ARG | Federico Fazio | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | POR | Diogo Figueiras | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | COD | Gaël Kakuta | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Ciro Immobile | 15 | 4 | 4+4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
